Crafty Gals Monthly Challenge - April 2013

It's time for another Crafty Gals Monthly Challenge.  This month we are CASEing Barb's blog.  I found a tea themed card that inspired me and CASEd it.  I love tea and drink it every day.  My friends and I try to visit tea rooms in the Southern California area when ever we can.  So Barb's tea cup card was just calling my name.  I hope I did it justice.  The original card is here.

All supplies are Stampin Up unless noted otherwise.

Stamps:  Tea Shoppe

Card Stock:  Melon Mambo, Regal Rose, Pretty in Pink

Ink:  Melon Mambo

Misc:  Rose ribbon, Flat-back Pearls

Crafty Gals Monthly Challenge - March 2013

It's time for another Crafty Gals Monthly Challenge.  This month we are CASEing Carolina.  She has lost her mojo but hopefully we can inspire her to create more awesome projects.  I very losely based my card on the card here.  I  did not do it justice but I tried.  Since my card is not square, I had less real estate to work with and had to make adjustments accordingly.  Since my image already contained a sentiment, I did not include the banner and instead added flat-back pearls that I colored with my SU! Midnight Muse marker.

Stamp:  Just Thinking (SU!)
Cardstock:  Midnight Muse, Gumball Green, Very Vanilla
Ink:  Wild Wasabi
DSP:  Print Poetry
Misc:  Flat-back pearls colored with Midnight Muse marker

Crafty Gals Monthly Challenge - February 2013

It time for another Crafty Gals Blog Group Monthly Challenge.  This month our challenge is:

"Show some "love" to Jeanette this month. I know that Jeanette loves Nature, patterned paper, recycled things and things you would find in the Forest. You can use any of these ideas or go to her blog and CASE (copy with a few of your own changes/touches) some beautiful card or project from her blog. In your post, just link to her blog the project that you CASED."



I found a birthday card that I really liked although it is not related to nature.  The orignal can be found here:  http://creativeplayischeaperthantherapy.blogspot.com/2012/03/happy-birthday.html.


Here is my version.  I made a few modifications to it including but not limited to where the ribbon was placed.  I really like that layout and will probably use it again.  Thanks for stopping by.

All items are from Stampin Up! unless noted.
Stamps:  Creat a Cupcake
Cardstock:  Tempting Turquoise, Wisteria Wonder, Cherry Cobbler, Basic Black, Whisper White
DSP:  Brights Stack
Ink:  Basic Black, Certainly Celery, Cherry Cobbler
Ribbon:  Turquoise (retired)

Crafty Gals Monthly Challenge - January 2013

This month our challenge was "Anything Goes".  I decided to post my card from Round 5 of the Unidentified Image swap on Splitcoaststampers since I hadn't done it yet.  Jeanette sent us several copies of this image and we had made 4 cards and send them to her.  Isn't he a cutie.

Image: Not sure. 

Cardstock:  Marina Mist, Night of Navy, Whisper White (SU!)

DSP:  Retired SU!

Misc:  Glitter Paper (SU!),  Stickles, Prisma Pencils, Snowflake Brad

Crafty Gals Monthly Challenge - December 2012

It is time for this month's Crafty Gals Blog Group Challenge.  We did not have an official hostess this month.  We did something a little different this month.  Here is this month's challenge:

Guess Who I'm CASEing?!

"Go back to the month of March on one of the Crafty Gals blogs. (you can get there by finding their dated blog archive in their sidebar)

It doesn't matter whom you choose. That is totally up to you. That's the fun of us guessing right?!

Find a project from the month of March on their blog and CASE it. Don't list who you visited on your Dec. 5th blog post. We have to guess. This will also be kind of like a scavenger hunt. We'll want to go look at the original "artwork" you CASED so we'll be visiting March blog posts of our GALS!!!!"



I used the same layout and colors as the card that I  CASED but I changed the theme to Christmas.  Happy hunting.  

  Stamps:  Stamping Bella (image), Stamin Up! (sentiment) Cardstock:  Night of Navy, Whisper White Ink:  Cherry Cobbler Misc:  SU! Nautical Expedition and Deck the Hall DSP (both retired), Pearls

Crafty Gals Monthly Challenge

I am late posting my challange card this month.  Jackie is hostess for the month and here is the challenge that issued to us:

"Fall Blessings"

November is for Thanksgiving & we all have so many things to be thankful for so my challenge for you this month is to create a project to showcase our Blessings. It can be a card, shadowbox, picture frame, scrabook layout, mini album, etc. Please make whatever your heart desires as long as it features what you are thankful for & I also want you to use a Fall theme for your creations. I can't wait to see all of your wonderful works of art! Have Fun & Happy Stamping!!!!!

I plan to send this card to Operation Write Home.  I am thankful for many things including the health of family.  I am also thankful to our Troops who fight for our freedom everyday so I send this to OWH in hopes that one of the Troops will use it.

Stamps:  Riley, Hero Arts (sentiment)

Card Stock:  SU! More Mustard, Chocolate Chip, Crazy Cajun, Whisper White

DSP:  SU! Orchard Harvest

Operation Write Home World Card Making Day Blog Hop 2012

Welcome to the Operation Write Home World Card Making Day Blog Hop.  For this hop each participant had to use a sketch to make their card and make it holiday or winter themed.  To find a list of all blogs participating in this hop, please visit the OWH blog here. It contains a InLinkz to each blog.

Operation Write Home (OWH) is an organization that provides our nation's armed forces with blank handmade greeting cards to write home on as well as "Anyhero" cards of gratitude to encourage them. If you are interested in making cards for this great cause, please visit the Operation Write Home webite here.

For my card I used OWH sketch #137 and new Riley stamp, Snow Globe Riley and Snowman. You can find all the past OWH sketches here.

Stamps:  Snow Globe Riley and Snowman (Riley and Company)

Cardstock:  Marina Mist, Night of Navy, Whisper White (SU!)

Misc:  Patterned Paper (Unknown source), Snowflake brads, Snowflake embossing folder